The Sunnyside Unified School District has been invited to present at the 2010 National Conference on Education as one of 18 school districts and schools where the superintendent and local school staff have made remarkable strides in transforming their school system. The conference is rich with content about the issues and challenges in public education.

Sunnyside Unified School District’s Dr. Manuel L. Isquierdo has been named one of the nation’s ten Tech-Savvy Superintendents of the Year by eSchool News, an online resource for technology news for today’s K-20 educator.

 The Digital AdvantageFrom the district that brought you the Digital Advantage come six new initiatives that expand on Project Graduation

The Digital Advantage, uses laptops as an incentive to increase the graduation rate and bridge the digital divide. High-schoolers earn laptops by achieving the four A’s: Academics, Attendance, extracurricular Activity and Attitude (no out-of-school suspensions).

Digital Advantage ParentsDigital Advantage Parents Family Plan
Laptops will be provided to families of middle and high school students based on attendance of all students in the family, academic achievement and parent participation in workshops and computer training.

8th Grade Digital Scholars
A newly-launched program for 8th-graders. Students who qualify will participate in a summer college-prep program, earn a laptop and take Honors courses in ninth grade.8thgr145x97.gif

5th Grade 1-to-1 Computing5th Grade 1-to-1 Computing
One 5th-grade class in each of the district’s 14 elementary schools will be provided with laptops for online learning.

Dropout Recovery
An online, alternative-learning program which offers students who have dropped out an opportunity to earn a high school diploma. Visit volver.susd12.org.Dropout Recovery

Teacher Laptop InitiativeTeacher Laptop Initiative
Stimulus funding for 1:1 computing will be used to assign a laptop computer to every Sunnyside District teacher.

Economic Development
This plan aims to stimulate the local economy by connecting Sunnyside families and students to small businesses that sponsor the Digital Advantage. Economic Development